Side-board fastener.



No. 729,851. 'PATENTED JUNE 2, 1903. J. ERRET. SIDE BOARD FASTENER. APPLIOAT ION FILED JAN. 18, 1902.

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UNITED STATES Patented June 2, 1903.

JOSEPH ERRET, OF CLEVELAND, OHIO.

SIDE-BOARD FASTENER.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 729,851, dated June 2, 1903.

Application filed January 18, 1902. Serial No. 90.301. (No model.)

To aZZ whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOSEPH ERRET, of Oleveland, Ouyahoga county, Ohio, have invented a new and useful Side-Board Fastener, of which the following is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, in which- I Figure 1 is a front elevation showing my improved fastener in locked position; and Fig. 2 is a central vertical section of the same.

My invention relates to the metallic fasteners employed for drawing and securing together side-boards of wagons, and is designed to provide a cheap and simple device of this character which will give a center-line draft on the parts ofthe fastening. Heretofore in fastenings of this class one of the parts has.

In the drawings, 2 represents the lower casting or bracket having securing-ears 3, and t is the top casting having securing-ears 5. The lower casting is provided with a centrallylocated outwardly projecting lug 6, having an inner groove forming a hook 7. At the base of the lug is a slot through which extends the depending leg 8 of the top castvided with a cam-groove 11, which engages the hook upon the lower casting and draws the board into engagement. A stop-pin 12 limits the unlocking or releasing movement of the cam-lever and prevents its dropping down in contact with the lower board.

The advantages of my invention result from the new location of the interacting hook and cam, which give a direct central pull and improve the action and also the appearance of the fastener.

Variations may be made in the form of the parts without departing from my invention.

I claimv In a side-board fastener,a lower castinghaving an outwardly-projecting lug with an inper hook and a slot extending through the casting from back to front below said hook, and an upper casting having a lever pivoted inits longitudinal axis and arranged to swing in a plane parallel to the plane of the sideboards and provided with a cam-surface engaging the inner hook on the lower casting and with a depending leg entering the said slot and engaging the lower casting, the said slot and said leg being arranged in a line with the pivot of the lever, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

JOSEPH ERRET. Witnesses:

ELLIOTT S. BRUsH, ERIcH KATH. 

